This is the result of a lot of paperpiecing and 96 pieces of fabric....my new compass! ( the first one was here )It was a bit tight in the middle and the 16 points of paper were too thick. So that will be a lesson for the next one. I'm happy it is done, the compass feels heavy because of all the fabric.

My new dollquilttop has 18 stars. One of them is on purpose, much lighter than the others. The pattern and fabrics come from Quilt it & Dotty , Tilburg. I can't show you the making off the top, because I just started it yesterday evening and liked it so much that I forgot to make pictures.

I was very lucky today that I could work on this without being disturbed.

Finished just in time! It is my mother's birthday tomorrow. She will be 76 years old. She asked me to make a quilt for a table ( 90 x 90 cm ). I promised to make her one but I still think it is a bit difficult to make a quilt in order of someone. I would like to have more time to create a quilt but anyway it is finished because I did everything, except the binding, on the machine.

the quilt measures: 1.65cm x 1.65cmall fabrics are cotonbatting: 100 % cotonMachine sewing and quilting ( except for the binding)Design: the idea for the centerpart I saw once on a picture of an antique quilt, the rest of it is my own design.

Tuesday, 3 May 2011

Vandaag zag ik een demonstratie van een sashikomachine : Sashiko van Babylock. De demostratie werd gegeven tijdens de quiltbee van mijn quiltgroep door de firma Los in Leimuiden, een fijne naaimachine zaak, met goede service.
Zoals de naam van de machine aangeeft is de steek die hij maakt, net een sashiko steek zoals je hem met de hand zou maken. De steek aan de voorkant vind ik erg mooi en zou ook als een quilsteek gebruikt kunnen worden. Aan de acherkant is de steek zoals hieronder te zien is, als op een gewone naaimachine. Voor sashiko werk geen probleem, want met sashiko werk je later de achterkant af, met stof over het stikwerk heen. Voor quiltwerk is het aan de achterkant niet zo mooi, vind ik.Today I tried a new machine called Sashiko made by Babylock. The demonstration was given by sewingmachine-shop Los in Leimuiden. The shop is very good and has also very good services. The machinemade stitches look like handmade stitches. It is however a sashiko machine so like handmade sashikowork, the front is beautiful but the back is not that inportant because you would normally finish this later with other fabric for example. If you would like to use the machine for quilting than the back is not so nice, I think, the stitches look just like normal sewingmachine stitches.

Geen andere machine kan zo'n steek maken, Babylock heeft de patenten op deze machine. De machine is makkelijk te bedienen en de steeklengte kan variëren evenals de tussenruimte tussen de steken. Je kan op de machine makkelijk allerlei kanten op naaien omdat de naaivoet de stof niet op één plek vasthoudt. Je moet de stof wel draaien, want je kan niet het ondertransport uitschakelen zoals je tijdens het machinaal quilten met meanderen doet. Voor kleine sashiko stukken geen probleem. Misschien kan het draaien wel wat lastig zijn tijdens quiltwerk als je een grote quilt iedere keer moet draaien. Je zou ook de top kunnen quilten met alleen de tussenvulling en later de achterkant er achter maken en dan de drie lagen nog met rechte lijnen doorquilten.
In eerste instantie is het echt een sashiko machine vind ik en moet je hem niet als echte quiltmachine zien.No other machine is the same because this new technic is patented.The machine is easy to use. The length of the stitches and the spaces in between can be adjusted. You can sew in every direction very easy because there is space between the walking foot and the machine. You will have to turn your fabric because you cannot lower the dog feet. For litlle sashikowork this will not be a problem. Turning will be a problem if you are quilting a big quilt, I think. You could probably make some parts the sashiko way and than later finish the quilt with the backgroundfabric with straight lines.I would rather use this machine for sashiko than for quilting.

The last two pictures show the front and back again. I made this little piece this mornig when I used the machine for the first time within 1 or 2 minutes. It s very easy to make nice curves. You could visit the Babylock website for ways to use this machine. I hope my explanation is of any use for you. Especially in English I found it a bit difficult to write it down the way I wanted it.Maybe we, as in our quilting group, can hire the machine in the shop.It is well worth considering a next step.

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